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Authors Wiener   Arreguín   Pérez   Wahab  
Principle Coauthors: Bryan   Carrillo   Garcia   Schultz  
Coauthors: Gonzalez   McNerney   Menjivar   Smallwood-Cuevas   Weber Pierson   Connolly   Elhawary   Kalra   Lee   Ortega   Quirk-Silva   Sharp-Collins   Solache  
Subject Law enforcement: masks.
Relating To relating to law enforcement.
Title An act to amend Section 7289 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 185.5 of the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2026-02-09
State Introduced
Status In Committee Process
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2026-02-18     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-02-10     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2026-02-09     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Introduced     2026-02-09
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Existing law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Existing law defines law enforcement officer for these purposes as anyone designated by California law as a peace officer who is employed by a city, county, or other local agency, and any officer or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, agency or law enforcement agency of another state, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law enforcement agency.

Existing law requires a law enforcement agency operating in California to, by July 1, 2026, maintain and publicly post a written policy limiting the use of facial coverings, as specified. Existing law defines a law enforcement agency for these purposes as any entity of a city, county, or other local agency, that employs anyone designated by California law as a peace officer, any federal law enforcement agency, or any law enforcement agency of another state.

This bill would add to the definition of law enforcement agency, a state entity that employs a peace officer and would change the date any law enforcement agency has to comply with that requirement to January 1, 2027.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.